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Tonight’s episode takes us back to the American Midwest in the early twentieth century, to a small railroad town surrounded by endless fields of corn and long dirt roads that seemed to disappear into the horizon. This is a story that has lingered for more than a century, a story that still breathes quietly inside a white wooden house in Iowa. 

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Today, we are walking through every major chapter of Lisbon’s history, slowly and deeply, from ancient harbour settlement to modern European capital. 

We will explore empire, faith, disaster, power, silence, and freedom.

Let's travel to Lisbon through the city's most significant events throughout time.

Chapters:
02:25 - BEFORE PORTUGAL EXISTED
05:12 - THE MOORISH LISBON: AL-USHBUNA
14:12  - THE RECONQUEST, THE SIEGE, AND THE BIRTH OF A KINGDOM
21:28  - THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES
32:21  - GOLD, CONTROL, AND THE CRACKS BENEATH THE SURFACE
38:08  - NOVEMBER 1ST, 1755: THE EARTH SHOOK AND THE WORLD WATCHED
47:35  - A MONARCHY UNDER PRESSURE AND THE FALL OF A CROWN
52:25  - DICTATORSHIP, SILENCE, AND THE LONG WAIT FOR FREEDOM
01:00:20 - MODERN LISBON: EUROPE, EXPO, AND A CITY OPEN TO THE WORLD AGAIN
01:07:48  - LISBON: FROM EMPIRE TO INNOVATION

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Today, we are diving deep into the expanded story of Elizabeth Short, the investigation that followed her death, the psychological theories that have surrounded the case for decades, and even the question of whether modern forensic science could finally bring answers to a mystery that has lasted for nearly eighty years.

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Today, we are diving into real spooky listener stories sent in from across Portugal, stories of ancient walls, restless spirits, unexplained shadows, and moments that still send chills.

Thank you to everyone who sent their stories.

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DISCLAIMER — PLEASE LISTEN BEFORE THE EPISODE
The stories you are about to hear are shared for historical, cultural, and storytelling purposes only. This episode is not meant to encourage anyone to search for, purchase, recreate, practice, or experiment with any of the books, rituals, manuscripts, or ideas mentioned in this episode. I am not influencing decisions, beliefs, or actions, and I strongly discourage attempting to interact with these texts beyond academic or historical curiosity.

Today, we are talking about cursed books, forbidden manuscripts, and unsettling stories of texts that were believed to bring madness, misfortune, obsession, and fear to those who dared to read them. If you wish for a Part 2, comment below.

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Today, we are exploring the history of human error, a collection of real and documented moments where history went wrong, not because of evil plans or great disasters, but because of oversight, misjudgment, misplaced confidence, and very human mistakes.

10 historic stories that make you think who ordered and why there is no common sense, the majority of times.

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Today’s story takes us to a place of snow, silence, and long polar nights. A place so cold that the ground never truly softens. A place where bodies do not decay the way they should. And a place where, slowly and quietly, dying became illegal.

This is the story of the town that banned death. 

Welcome to Longyearbyen, a small town located on the Svalbard archipelago, far above the Arctic Circle.

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Today’s story may sound funny when you first hear its title, and yes, there is something undeniably absurd about it. But behind the laughter lies a very real and deeply human experience.

We are travelling back in time to 18th-century England, to a moment in history that sounds almost unbelievable, yet is completely real.

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An Original Story for The Storytelling Podcast

Before we begin, I want you to imagine standing alone at the edge of the world. No city lights behind you. No voices. No certainty that the ground beneath your feet is solid or safe. 

Only the sound of the sea breathing in the dark, and the feeling, deep in your chest, that something far older than you has noticed your presence.

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Today I am taking you into one of the darkest and strangest scandals in French history, a case involving poison, witchcraft, forbidden rituals, and secret trials that many powerful people wanted erased forever.

In seventeenth-century France, reputation meant survival, appearances mattered more than truth, and secrets were a form of currency.

Is a real tale of folklore, supertition and a lot of poison. All of this during the court of Louis XIV. 

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